Fabric



June 10, 1930. a 5. J; TAYLQR 1,763,074

IS'ABRIG Z-iled Aug. 30, 1928 Patented June 10, 19 30 PATENT FFICE SCHUYLER J. TAYLOR, OF PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE RUSSELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF MIDDLETOWN,

OF CONNECTICUT CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION FABRIC Application filed August 30, 19:38. Serial No. 303,045.

This invention relates to that class of fabrics that are produced by passing a weft thread 01' threads back and forth across warp threads in a manner to interlace the warp with the weft threads, and an object of the invention, among others, is the production of a fabric having a strip at its edge composed of a cheaper material than the rest of the fabric or to produce a fabric so formed that it may be manufactured in a very rapi and etlicient manner. 7

One form of fabric embodying my invention and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a face view of a piece of fabric constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a similar view of another piece of fabric embodying my invention.

This invention contemplates the supply of the weft or filling from a thread or threads drawn inwardly from the edge or edges of the fabric, in the form herein shown as loops interwoven with the warp threads in the same manner as are the weft or filling threads introduced in the usual manner by the use of shuttle, such weft threads supplied by a shuttle in fact being made use of as a means for drawing in what is termed herein the marginal filling, as it is located at the margin or outer edge of the fabric, and between the interior filling supplied by the shuttle and said edges of the fabric. It will be understood that this improved fabric is woven as are ordinary fabrics except that there is at least one edge portion of a uniform width and composed of a filling which is joined to the weft thread or threads employed in the base portion of the fabric, each weft thread therefore being comprised of at least two lengths.

A fabric thus made and embodying the invention has a particular advantage when made into cuffs or similar articles, and especially when such articles are formed in part at least as elastic fabrics, the invention enabling the production of such articles with a comparatively inexpensive edge that is used for securing the cuff to the garment and which when so secured is covered and unseen. In such cases a strip 5 of uniform Width is formed at the edge of the fabric and which embodies a thread (3 positioned in any desired manner at the edge of the warp threads 8 to be incorporated in the fabric. This thread 6 may be of a cheaper material than the weft threads 7 and may be of the same material as the warp threads.

In the weaving operation the weft thread is supplied to the warp as by means of a shuttle in the usual and ordinary manner and as will be readil understood by those skilled in the art. l hen such weft thread reaches the edge of the fabric it passes around the thread 6 and draws it into the warp in the form of a loop and to a certain and predetermined eXtent at each pass of the shuttle, all of such loops being of the same length. The outer or marginal filling, in this operation in the form of a loop, together with the warp threads with which it is woven, comprises the strip 5, and the regular weft' threads 7, together with the warp threads with w iich they are woven, comprises a section 9 of the fabric intimately woven with and integrally oined to the strip 5. As hereinbeforementioned this strip 9 may be in the form ofan elastic fabric and the strip 5 will be in the form of an attaching strip by means of which the entire strip comprising cuff or similar article may be securedto sleeve or other part of a garment. V

The invention also-enables such a fabric to be produced in. an inexpensive manner when compared with the methods heretofore employed, as when employing this form of weaving, the looms may be operated without unnecessary loss of time. In the operation of a 100111 to form a fabric by means of a weft thread extending from edge to edge of the fabric and introduced by means of a shuttle, as the capacity of such shuttle is limited the period of time during which the loom may be operated without stopping to supply a fresh shuttle is likewise limited.

By introducing a weft thread at one or both edges of the fabric as hereinbefore explained such fabric may be formed as shown in Figure 2 in which there may be the strip 5 formed at one edge as hereinbefore explained and another strip 10 may be woven at the opposite edge in the same manner, this leaving a comparatively narrow base strip 11 at the center, or even at one edge only, which strip 11 is composed of a weft thread supplied by the shuttle of the loom, but which by reason of its narrowness takes comparatively little thread from the shuttle at each pass thereof and therefore enabling the loom to be run for a much longer period than would be the case if the entire weft was formed by a thread supplied by a shuttle.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I have described the principles of operation of my invention, together with the device which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is only illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set out.

I claim 1. A fabric comprising a base portion composed of weft and warp threads, each set of threads being of similar material and interlaced crosswise one of the other and of substantially uniform width from end to end, and a marginal portion comprising warpthreads and an inelastic weft thread extending back and forth from the edge of the fabric to form a straight line of said edge and creating with said warp threads a marginal strip of uniform width, said marginal weft threads being interlaced with the weft threads of the base portion of the fabric, said marginal weft threads being of cheaper ma terial than the main Weft threads 2. A fabric comprising a base portion composed of weft and warp threads, each set of threads being of similar material and inter laced crosswise one of the other and of substantially uniform width, and a marginal portion comprising warp threads and an in- Lerli-iced weft thread of a different fabric material from that of the weft thread of thebase portion, said marginal weft extending back and forth from the edge of the fabric to form a straight line of said edge and creating with said warp threads a marginal strip of uniform width, said n'iarginal weft threads being interlaced with the weft threads of the base portion of the fabric, said marginal weft threads being of cheaper material than the main weft threads.

SGHUYLER J. TAYLOR 

